Four die in Delhi building collapse as rains batter India, trigger landslides
Rescue teams searched for people after four fire tenders rushed to the site, while the India Meteorological Department warned of more thunderstorms and rain.
- Intense monsoon rainfall lashing northern India has triggered the collapse of an under-construction four-storey residential building in northwest Delhi's Rohini Sector 16, resulting in at least four fatalities.
- Emergency response personnel from the National Disaster Response Force , fire services, and local police launched an overnight search operation, pulling survivors from the debris while local residents used bare hands to move heavy rubble.
- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi launched an immediate structural investigation, noting that unauthorized drilling and the cutting of critical load-bearing columns and beams for plumbing work likely caused the fatal structural failure.
- The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an urgent "red" weather alert for Delhi and the neighboring state of Haryana, warning citizens of severe waterlogging, heavily disrupted transit routes, and localized flooding.
- Across the country, the violent arrival of the monsoon has caused widespread destruction, including a landslide in Kerala's Wayanad district that killed four people, and heavy rain-related casualties claiming at least 13 lives in Maharashtra.
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Delhi building collapse: Death toll climbs to three, rescue operation ends
New Delhi, Jul 09: The death toll in the building collapse in northwest Delhi's Rohini climbed to three, with two more bodies pulled out from the rubble during the rescue operation that went on through the night, Delhi Fire Service (DFS) officials said on Thursday. Five people were rescued during the operation, which has now ended. It was launched on Wednesday evening after the four-storey building that was under construction collapsed amid heav…
Four die in Delhi building collapse as rains batter India, trigger landslides
At least four people died in a building collapse in the Indian capital Delhi, the latest in a series of rain-related incidents as monsoon showers triggered landslides and disrupted travel across parts of the country.
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